Time itself is an element.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Beware of wishing for anything in youth, because you will get it in middle age.

The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.

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

The world is full of contradiction.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.