Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

Your house is your larger body. It grows in the sun and sleeps in the stillness of the night; and it is not dreamless. Does not your house dream, and dreaming, leave the city for grove or hilltop?

They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.