Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

That's what children are for that their parents may not be bored.

Belonging to oneself the whole essence of life lies in that.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.

The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done.

Today things are better than yesterday.

Wealth the most excellent of all gods.

Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.