"It is a profound truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain."

"It is a profound truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact."

"It is a unyielding truth that stand firm when justice demands it, even if you stand entirely alone."

"It is a timeless truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead."

"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."

"I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature and that man will be myself."

"Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside."