Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Cats ask plainly for what they want.

What is reading but silent conversation.