"I would not change for all your estates!"
Courage
"Do you think I am an automaton? A machine without feelings?"
Strength
"I am no angel, and I will not pretend to be one."
Truth
"Better to be without logic than without feeling."
Wisdom
"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed."
Wisdom
"I am standing in the presence of my past."
Time
"The world may not know me, but I know myself."
"I would rather work hard and do good than lead a life of indolence."
Work
"I shall remember you for years, with all your kind hospitality."
Gratitude
"I have the sense of power in my mind."
Power
"I cannot receive favors and feel no gratitude."
Gratitude
"What a strange thing is prejudice."
Wisdom
"I will never submit to an unjust authority."
Justice
"I have learned patience from my trials."
Patience
"To love and be loved is the greatest beauty."
Love
"I shall forge my own destiny."
Dreams
"I have found my peace at last."
Peace
"Imagination is the light of the weary."
Imagination
"I value integrity above all else."
Truth
"I have learned to love without fear."
Courage
"I shall not be afraid of my own strength."
Strength
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
Freedom
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any.—"
Courage
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Happiness
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Life
"I would not change for all the treasures of the earth."
Strength
"I would have followed you to the ends of the earth."
Love
"I am not an angel and will not pretend to be."
Truth
"One does as one is permitted to do."
Life
"I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh."