Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.

By means of beauty all beautiful things become beautiful.

I call that man idle who might be better employed.

It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.

In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.