The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

He who suffers, remembers.

The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.