We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.
Anger is a momentary madness.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.
I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.