A sublime soul can rise to all kinds of greatness, but by an effort; it can tear itself from all bondage, to all that limits and constrains it, but only by strength of will. Consequently the sublime soul is only free by broken efforts.

The game of life looks cheerful when one carries a treasure safe in his heart.

Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.

He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.