She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure.

My fatherland has always the first claim on me.

God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness towards His creatures.

It is when I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer.....that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them.

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.