Show me that you are redeemed, and I will believe in your Redeemer.

Look not into the sun! Even the moon is too bright for your nocturnal eyes!

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them.

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.

I speak and the child plays: who can be more serious than we are?