All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.

I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.