To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. As the beams to a house, as the bones to the microcosm of man, so is order to all things.

A man may be cheerful and contented in celibacy, but I do not think he can ever be happy; it is an unnatural state, and the best feelings of his nature are never called into action.

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.