Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty

... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know who would certainly grumble -- however dead they were -- if there were anything to grumble at.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.