Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in judgment. All wrong recoils upon the doer, and the person who makes wrong statements about others is themselves to be pitied, not the person they vilify. It is better to be lied about than to lie. At the last no one can harm us but ourselves.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Your neighbor is the man who needs you.

Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.