The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
The devil has his elect.
There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
Evil and good are everywhere, like shadow and substance; inseparable (for men) yet not hostile, only opposed.
Man is a tool-using animal.
If there be not a religious element in the relations of men, such relations are miserable and doomed to ruin.