Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

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

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Truth is more than a dream and a song.

Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.

We must bear what Heaven sends.

Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.