This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.

We do not need the forgiveness of God, but of each other and of ourselves.

I would rather smoke one cigar than hear two sermons.

Christianity has made more lunatics than it ever provided asylums for.

Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.