“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.”

“A person hears only what they understand.”

“Duty is the demand of the hour.”

“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.”

“One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom”

“Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.”

“To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.”