Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.

It’s in the very trickery that it pleases me. But show me how the trick is done, and I have lost my interest therein.

Simple is the language of truth.

When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.