There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God.

It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be.

It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.

He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.

Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and when the way is stony and difficult, they know no better expedient than to overturn the cart and gallop madly away.

The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the most satisfying thing in all the world.