An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

A noble soul spreads even over a face in which the architectonic beauty is wanting an irresistible grace, and a often even triumphs over the natural disfavor.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom.

Great souls suffer in silence.