It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.

There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states).

The person who praises God is on the tracks of justice.

There can be no faith without risk.