Everything is hard before it is easy.

He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own