The most familiar precepts are not always the truest.

I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried up, exaggerated, or diminished. It can be its exact opposite, like a suit worn inside out.

In summoning even the wisest of physicians to our aid, it is probably that he is relying upon a scientific "truth", the error of which will become obvious in just a few years' time.

Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it.