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.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)

Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

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.

Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.