No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

We must not inquire too curiously into motives. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

A perverted moral judgment belongs to the dogmatic system.

It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.