As freely as the firmament embraces the world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe. The sun poursforth impartially his beams through all the regions of infinity; heaven bestows the dew equally on every thirsty plant. Whatever is good and comes from on high is universal and without reserve: but in the heart's recesses darkness dwells.

If yon wish to be like the gods on earth, to be free in the realms of the dead, pluck not the fruit from the garden! In appearance it may glisten to the eye; but the perishable pleasure of possession quickly avenges the curse of curiosity.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?