Now the struggle for life is so sharp, competition is so severe, that few men can succeed who carry a useless burden. The businessmen of our country are compelled to lead temperate lives, otherwise their credit is gone.

All prayers die in the air which they uselessly agitate.

If the property belongs to God he is able to pay the tax.

There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.

God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race.

The church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves.

Intelligence, guided by kindness, is the highest wisdom. . . .