Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.
The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.
Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.
Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
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.