We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.

'God himself cannot exist without wise men' - Luther said, and was right. But 'God can exist even less without unwise men' - that good old Luther did not say.

It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.

Faith means the will to avoid knowing what is true.