It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.

All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape.

Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?

What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?

From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers.

In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.

Live, and be happy, and make others so.