Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.

Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience.