Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.
The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.
One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man.