Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.