In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

Truth possesses within herself a penetrating force, unknown alike to error and falsehood. I say 'truth' and you understand my meaning. For the beautiful words truth and justice need not to be defined in order to be understood in their true sense.

Jealousy is a virtue of democracies which preserves them from tyrants.