» There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
» Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
» If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
» A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
» Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
» Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
» Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
» Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
» Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
» Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.