If man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace! Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.
The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.