Life is the greatest of blessings and death the worst of evils.... all great, powerful souls love life.

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.

He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.

Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.