“Silence is an ornament for women.”

“A human being is only breath and shadow.”

“Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.”

“A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.”

“We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.”

“I spit on your happiness! I spit on your idea of life--that life that must go on, come what may. You are all like dogs that lick everything they smell. You with your promise of a humdrum hap...”

“S takva djela dika mi je mrijet, Jer draga do njeg - do dragog ću u grob leć, Učiniv sveti grijeh. Ta dulje sviđat se Ja svijetu moram onom negol' ovome, Jer ondje dovijek ću počivat. Sviđa...”

“Ta ne proglasi meni valj'da ovo Zeus, Nit Pravda, vjerna druga donjih bogova, Ovakvih zakona ti ljudma postavi; Nit tvoj je, mišljah, proglas taj toliko jak, Te ti ko smrtnik dići bi se moga...”

“Al' dobro znaj, da neće više mnogoput Projurit sunce u svom trku hitrome, A ti ćeš sam od svoje krvi vratiti Mrtvaca jednog mrtvima za odmjenu. Ti živu dušu vrže s gornjeg svijeta nam U donj...”