"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

"What a world of trouble those who never marry escape!"

"The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice, but the stuff with which all history is made is merely fluid ignorance."

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."

"I am a person who has always been very much in favor of doing what is right, and I have always been very much against doing what is wrong."