Man marks the earth with ruin - his control stops with the shore.

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

Then, fare thee well, deceitful Maid!

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

Poetry should only occupy the idle.

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.