An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are.

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.