“Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.”

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.

The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.

He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.

In everything we ought to look at the end.

The strongest passion is fear.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that

These false answers such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD.

Mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly is there wasn’t someone, somewhere, laughing?

Ah, yet, e’er I descend to th’ grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true

May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.

The smallest errors are always the best.