Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.

Responsibility will mellow and sober the youth and prepare them, for the burden they must discharge.

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.

There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping.

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.