A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with as many other waves as there are uneven places in the object where the said wave is produced.

It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall be a cause of suffering, and they shall possess neither the profit nor the beauty of the world.

I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it.

Fear arises sooner than anything else.

Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.

Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.