Despair is the only genuine atheism.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.