Art is mightier than knowledge, for it wants life, and knowledge attains as its ultimate end only—annihilation.

It is invisible hands that torment and bend us the worst.

Stay not where the lowlands are! Climb not into the sky! The world looks best by far when viewed from halfway high.

Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

When you know why you will overcome any how.