It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.

They are looking in utter darkness for that which has no existence whatsoever.

Fools are without number.

Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.

Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.

'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.