I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

Human improvement is from within outward.

To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.