“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”

“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark”

“Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.”

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

“Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent”

“I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”