All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.