The blood of a goat will shatter a diamond.
They who love in excess also hate in excess.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
He who has many friends has no friends.
For the activity of the mind is life.
Wicked me obey from fear; good men, from love.
By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents.
It is likely that unlikely things should happen.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Evil brings men together.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.
The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.
We are what we repeatively do. Success is not an action but a habit.
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.