One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

God reveals Himself, unfailingly, to the solitary, thoughtful seeker

A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.

The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare.

Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.