To some extent I liken slavery to death.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

A home without books is a body without soul.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

Falsehoods border on truths.