Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.
Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.