My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.

What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of truth and good?

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

Begin and proceed on a settled conviction that but little is permitted to any man to do or to know, and if he complies with the first grand laws, he shall do well.

Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.

All the devils respect virtue.