As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Life did not present its sunny side to thee.

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.

The key to education is the experience of beauty.