Reason is a permanent blessing of God to the soul. Without it there can be no large religion.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.

Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down.

The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero nor a saint.