“Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.”
“Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.”
“Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.”
“The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.”
“I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing”
“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.”