Fear loves the idea of danger.

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Without duty, life is soft and boneless.