“Some cannot loosen their own chains and can nonetheless redeem their friends.”

“Are you a slave? Then you cannot be a friend. Are you a tyrant? Then you cannot have friends.”

“Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.”

“They would have to sing better songs for me to learn to have faith in their Redeemer; and his disciples would have to look more redeemed!”

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

“Life is a dark chain of events.”

“The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another.”