“That which we die for lives as wholly as that which we live for dies.”
“If you let your heart rule you, you’ll have a good ruler by which to measure things. This can be called wisdom.”
“There is, in addition to a courage with which men die; a courage by which men must live.”
“You English have a saying which is close to my heart, for its spirit is that which rules our boyars: "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.”
“A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die - which variety or species shall increase in number, and which shall decrease, or finally become extinct.”