A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.