Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

The sentiment of fear is nearly allied to that of hatred.

As for this young Ali, one cannot but like him. A noble-minded creature, as he shows himself, now and always afterwards; full of affection, of fiery daring. Something chivalrous in him; brave as a lion; yet with a grace, a truth and affection worthy of Christian knighthood.

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

It is the first care of a reformer to prevent any future reformation.