“You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush.”

“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards”

“In this world, a man must either be anvil or hammer”

“The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy”

“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”

“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.”