“To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.”

“Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.”

“What is uttered from the heart alone will win the heart of others to your own.”

“If I love you, what business is it of yours?”

“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”

“Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly achieve in an age.”

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”