There is no genius without a mixture of madness.

We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.

Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.