"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
"Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all that has been my religion.
"A friend to all is a friend to none.
"Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
"How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
"No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
"There is only one happiness in this life to love and be loved.