If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

if only these treasures were not so fragile as they are precious and beautiful.

A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.

We are not all equal, nor can we be so.

Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.

Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.