“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.”

“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.”

“As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.”

“Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

“Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.”

“Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.”

“There is geometry in the humming of the string.”