You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away.

Too much trust is folly, in an imperfect world.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

Beauty is a perilous gift.

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.