“There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.”

“No day shall erase you from the memory of time”

“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy”

“If I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered.”

“What people believe prevails over the truth.”

“Always desire to learn something useful.”

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”