If a person desires to be a humorist it is necessary that the people around him shall be at least as wise as he is, otherwise his humor will not be comprehended.

To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant.

There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.