The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

Love, whose power youth feels, is not suitable for the elderly, just as little as anything that presupposes productivity. It is rare that productivity lasts through the years.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.