Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.

It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God.

Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.