That which we say and do, if its effects last not beyond our lives, is unimportant.
All religious expression is symbolism.
The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.
Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.
A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
Strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!