"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"

"He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."

"The soul desires to dwell with the body, because without the corporeal instruments, it can neither act nor feel."

"The act of procreation and anything that has any relation to it is so disgusting that human beings would soon die out if it were not a traditional custom and if there were no pretty faces and sensuous…"

"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art."