It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.