Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.

Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.

It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public significance. It is not imparted by his genius. Napoleon said of Corneille, "Were he living I would make him a king;" but he did not read him. He read Racine, yet he said nothing of the kind of Racine.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

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

I don't know a greater advantage, than to appreciate the worth of an enemy.

I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music.