in my opinion, the Divine is revealed to all men once at least in their lives.

nobody ever intends to be old.

What a fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy.

Years should be nothing to you. Who asked you to count them or consider them? In the world of wild Nature, time is measured by seasons only-the bird does not know how old it is-the rose-tree does not count its birthdays!

There is no wealth but love.

There is nothing so inconvenient in this world as an absolutely truthful person, who can both speak and write, and has the courage of his convictions. One can always arrange matters with liars ... But with the man or woman who holds truth dearer than life, and honor more valuable than advancement, there is nothing to be done, now that governments cannot insist on the hemlock-cure, as in the case of Socrates.

If we choose to be no more than clods of clay, then we shall be used as clods of clay for braver feet to tread on.