Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile.
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.