"Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost."

"The path to paradise begins in hell."

"Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back."

"My guide and I entered that hidden road to return to the bright world; and without thought of any rest, we climbed up, he first and I second, to the point where I saw, through a round opening, some of…"

"The more divine the thing, the more it is hated by the wicked."