The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.
Love is a fault; so be it.
We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted.
A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.
A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.
The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.