Time itself is an element.

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.