“Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.”

“There are none so blind as those who see angels…None so deaf as those who hear gods.”

“Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.”

“Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.”

“Live as on a mountain. …Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they cannot endure him, let them kill him. For that is better than to live thus.”

“TUURI: Let not evermore, / let the gods celebrate / with mortal people! / The gods have long festivals, / man's life is fleeting, / swift as a wheel's turn …”

“So over violent, or over civil,
That every man with him was God or Devil.”

“But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.”

“Go call a coach, and let a coach be called;
And let the man who calleth be the caller;
And in his calling let him nothing call
But “Coach! Coach! Coach! Oh for a coach, ye gods!””

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”