Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains.

A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

Odd, isn't it, that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?

If you convey to a woman that something ought to be done, there is always a dreadful danger that she will suddenly do it.

If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.