He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.

He who closes his eyes sees nothing, even in the full light of day.

If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.