“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable
“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life
“A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world
“We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game
“Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner