O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

This, therefore, is a law not found in books, but written on the fleshly tablets of the heart, which we have not learned from man, received or read, but which we have caught up from Nature herself, sucked in and imbibed; the knowledge of which we were not taught, but for which we were made; we received it not by education, but by intuition.

When they remain silent, they cry out.

It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.