There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

To the covetous man life is a nightmare, and God lets him wrestle with it as best he may.

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.