Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.

Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.

Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.