Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.

If it is the greatest truth that you seek, the plants can direct you.

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.