Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.

If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.

Where there is much freedom there is much error.

Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Innocence has a friend in heaven.