Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp

The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark - to guide it in the dim country of this world. But some souls, by rare fortune, are detained longer - have time to grasp a handful of tapers, which they weave into a torch. These are the torch-bearers of humanity - its poets, seers and saints, who lead and lift the race out of darkness, toward the light. They are the law-givers and saviors, the light-bringers, way-showers and truth-tellers, and without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark.

Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.

Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety.

True friendship can exist only between equals.