“Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.”

“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”

“Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

“The life of the dead is in the memory of the living.”

“We are not born for ourselves alone; a part of us is claimed by our nation, another part by our friends.”

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

“The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”

“Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.”