"To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties."

"The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"If I am not better, at least I am different."

"We are born weak, we need strength; we are born helpless, we need aid; we are born foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of edu…"