A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

Everything good in a man thrives best when properly recognized.

A man in whom religion is an inspiration, who has surrendered his being to its power, who drinks it, breathes it, bathes in it, cannot speak otherwise than religiously.

There is no truth which personal vice will not distort.

Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.