This world cannot explain its own difficulties without the assistance of another.

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.

You cannot separate charity and religion.

Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded.

In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by asking ourselves another; is there any harm in letting it alone?