I am what I am, so take me as I am!.

Woe to falsehood! it affords no relief to the breast, like truth; it gives us no comfort, pains him who forges it, and like an arrow directed by a god flies back and wounds the archer.

Every second is of infinite value.

Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.