Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

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.

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage.

The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.