“Be sure, either that thou art stronger than thine enemy, or that thou hast a swifter pair of heels.”

“Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou strivest to get; and what thou hast, forgettest.”

“Be not wise in thine own conceit, in thinking that thou hast learned all the skill which is to be learned already, farre deceived are thou if thou thinks so, for if thou live (til) thou art olde, yet thou mayest learne still. Never leave studying and practicing till you come to the ground and until you have sounded into the depth of your Art.”

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”

“Thine are these orbs of light and shade;Thou madest Life in man and brute;Thou madest Death; and lo, thy footIs on the skull which thou hast made.”