Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.

In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.