Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.
The smaller it is the heart, more hatred houses.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Is there not in every human soul a primitive spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world and immortal in the next, which can be developed by goodness, kindled, lit up, and made to radiate, and which evil can never entirely extinguish.