Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

Duty is the demand of the hour.

I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.

I wait for the morning of my tears

Wisdom is found only in truth.