“Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I know, would have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to bind me in all cases whatsoever to his absolute will, am I to suffer it?”

“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor the person perfected without trials”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.”

“Whatever our souls are made of his and mine are the same.”