"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread."

"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever."

"People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them."

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."

"No one gives as much as he who gives hope."

"Innocence more often than not is a piece of good fortune rather than a virtue."

"Haste in every business brings failures."

"Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him."

"In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high."

"The way I see it, God put me on Earth to achieve a certain number of things. By now I'm so far behind, I'll never die."

"If universal charity prevailed, Earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable."

"Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion of folly."