One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.
Love is cruel as the grave.
Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
Youth without faith is a day without sun.
The loss of our illusions is the only loss from which we never recover.
Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.