No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

He who is everywhere is nowhere.

Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

Do not grudge your brother his rest. He has at last become free, safe and immortal, and ranges joyous through the boundless heavens; he has left this low-lying region and has soared upwards to that place which receives in its happy bosom the souls set free from the chains of matter. Your brother has not lost the light of day, but has obtained a more enduring light. He has not left us, but has gone on before.