Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.
It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.
Human truth is always soiled with falsehood.
The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.
Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.