“Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.”

“I do not say that there are no stronger men than these; but will any one say that there are any men stronger than those men of old who were dominated by their philosophy and steeped in their religion? Whether bondage be better than freedom may be discussed. But that their bondage came to more than our freedom it will be difficult for any one to deny.”

“Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.”

“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.”

“One day of happiness is worth more than a lifetime of sorrow .... Under ordinary circumstances, jealousy is a suspicion to the person who excites it and degrading to the person who indulges it.”

“I am not sorry for a moment . It was worth every moment, every second we were together. I would not change it for an immortal lifetime”