Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.

All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison.

Man is ill because he is never still.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

He who knows nothing loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands nothing. He who understands nothing is worthless. But he who understands also loves, notices, sees. The more knowledge is inherent in a thing, the greater the love.

This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.