Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Let there be truth between us.

He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.