In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.

Never was there a more injurous mistake than to say it was thebusiness only of the clergy to care for souls.

To try to be brave is to be brave.

But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.

I am an optimistic fatalist. This world and all its beginnings will pass on into something better.

Fear is faithlessness.

They are not the best students who are most dependent on books. What can be got out of them is at best only material; a man must build his house for himself.