At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry

Work is the law of life, and to reject it as boredom is to submit to it as torment.

We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer.

Progress is the stride of God.

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.