Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

With knowledge comes more doubt.

I must consider more closely this cycle of good and bad days which I find coursing within myself. Passion, attachment, the urge to action, inventiveness, performance, order all alternate and keep their orbit; cheerfulness, vigor, energy, flexibility and fatigue, serenity as well as desire. Nothing disturbs the cycle for I lead a simple life, but I must still find the time and order in which I rotate.