Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.
He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
Who has more leisure than a worm?
If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware.
There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.
Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
Be harsh with yourself at times.
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.
There is no power greater than true affection.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Truth never perishes.
It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.