An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.

When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.

What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.

External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty!