“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love.”

“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”

“One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

“A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist”

“Prefiero, seor, obrar bien y fracasar, antes que triunfar con malas artes.Palabras de Neoptlemo a Odiseo, en la tragedia griega Filoctetes.”

“Those swift to think are not always secure.”

“It is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting.”

“Sexual frenzy is our compensation for the tedious moments we must suffer in the passage of life. 'Nothing in excess,' professed the ancient Greeks. Why if I spend half the month in healthy scholars...”

“The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium an...”

“To speak much is one thing”

“To speak much is one thing”

“Tragedy is like a strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.”

“It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in suchan inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, theirabsolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire l...”

“Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”