"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."

"Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft."

"What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives."

"Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body."

"I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement."

"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it."

"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."

"Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears."

"A man is sorry to be honest for nothing."

"To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another."