Aphorisms should be peaks – and those who are addressed, tall and lofty. The air thin and pure, danger near, and the spirit full of gay sarcasm: these go well together.

“It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especiall…”

“Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, …”

“I am too inquisitive, too skeptical, too arrogant, to let myself be satisfied w…”

“على المرء أن يتعلم كيف يُحب نفسه - كذا هو مذهبي الذي أعلمكم - حُباً معافى و صحياً ،…”