“The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.”

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here. I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.

The words ‘Here you can find perfect peace’ can be written only over the gates of a cemetery.

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.

Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.