There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.

The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.

I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.