Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

Exuberance is beauty.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.

When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.

For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.

The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.