I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

When our feet hurt, we hurt all over.

I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.