As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.
Nature hates monopolies and exceptions.
Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism.