“They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar”

“But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.”

“A man's riches are based on what he can do without.”

“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.”

“I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.”

“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”

“What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can old man, — you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind,– I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.”