The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle.

One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should be feared like the plague.

Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson.

I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.

I am not so foolish as to murmur, if now, since I have drunk up my wine and beer, I have to put up with skimmed milk and sour.

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.