Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
Necessity is a guardian in Nature.
It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.
He who thinks little errs much.
I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.