We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]