Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now has measured up to and, strictly considered, no one should. With all their study and effort, people are directed to what is outside, to the world about them, and they are kept busy coming to know this and to master it to the extent that their purposes require. . . . How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to. And what is your duty? Whatever the day calls for.