“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”

“Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.”

“A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.”

“What the hand does the mind remembers.”

“Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.”

“Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.”

“Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.”