Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.

Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side.

To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.

If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

Nought endures but change.