“We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.”

You will go most safely by the middle way.

All things change; nothing perishes.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

First appearance deceives many.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.

Everyone wants to learn how to win, but no one wants to learn how to accept defeat.

The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.

Women hide their imperfections instead of accepting them as an added charm.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.

Sometimes you have to accept you can’t win all the time.