Nought endures but change.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not for literature. It grants us what nature does not: a golden time that doesn't rust, a springtime that never wilts, cloudless happiness and eternal youth. [my translation]

Nought endures but change.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.