Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Astrology is a disease, not a science... It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. ... Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.

This must be our belief when we have a correct knowledge of our own self, and comprehend the true nature of everything; we must be content, and not trouble our mind with seeking a certain final cause for things that have none, or have no other final cause but their own existence, which depends on the Will of God, or, if you prefer, on the Divine Wisdom.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.