Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.

And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.

He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.

Love is trembling happiness.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.