I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.

The aim of living is life itself.

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.