God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to them great.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

The Devil deserves zero tolerance.