He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.

Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.

Even though the world as a whole progresses, youth must always start again from the beginning, and as individuals go through the epochs of the world's culture.

While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.

Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.