It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left.

Pretence about anything sometimes deceives the wisest and shrewdest man, but, however cunningly it is hidden, a child of the meanest capacity feels it and is repelled by it.

Today, nobody sees, or wishes to see, that in our time the enslavement of the majority of men is based on money taxes, levied on land and otherwise, which are collected by government from the subjects.

God is the same everywhere.