The Divine mind does not think for us, or inspite of us, but works in us to think, and to will, and to do.

The dog is the god of frolic.

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road

Mirth is God's medicine.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and the lava is turned into soil, there are vineyards and olive trees which grow up to the top.