Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.
A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.
It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.