We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims.

Stern is the visage of necessity.

I feel that I am a man of destiny.

A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.

I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.