"A chewed bean placed in the sun smells of human semen or of murderously spilt human blood."

"Do not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids until you have balanced the account of your soul with what is right."

"Eating beans is the same as eating the heads of one's parents."

"The number seven held a sacred meaning since it correlated with the number of classical planets... as well as the number of strings on a lyre."

"Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men."