Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.