No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth waxes with her abundance. But were she sold in the market, it is only the wise man who would understand her true value.

Love is trembling happiness.

To know the pain of too much tenderness

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment.

You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.