Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?

It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.

Imagination is the mightiest despot.

Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.