Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

Frugality is a handsome income.