Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery.

We shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God.

And there we all were, as invisible as you could wish to see.

In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and dance, [Lucifer] could find nothing to think of more interesting than his own prestige.

Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I am what I do.

Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.