The gods too are fond of a joke.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

I will climb the gallows gladly and show to the world as to how bravely the revolutionaries can sacrifice themselves for the cause.

In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies.