"I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders."

"No man ever had a more agreeable dwelling place than this. It was a proper palace, a fit abode for a king."

"I perceive that, when an old man has done what he has to do, and has said what he has to say, he is as ready to go as an old clock to strike."

"We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones."

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."