Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being.
There's a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Wisdom is found only in truth.
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
We pardon to the extent that we love.
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.
Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
Society exists only as a mental concept in the real world there are only individuals.
A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
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