Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?

My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.

People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and this goes on to the end. And after all, what can we call our own, except energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.