“It is the heart which dictates, which rules, which lets us live and die.”
“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.”