“The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.”

“Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.”

“However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?”

“Чувал ли си някога за създание едновременно присъстващо и отсъстващо. Аз се намирам сред хората, но сърцето ми е на друго място”

“Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.”

“There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.”

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