"All men, if they work not as in the great taskmaster's eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you."

"A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason."

"If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, give her the benefit of the doubt."

"True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laugther, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper."

"France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams."

"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness."

"You can not gain peace by avoiding life."

"I told you I was sick."

"LOVE'S GIFT cannot be given, it waits to be accepted."

"We are taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they are of equal value as happiness excitement and inspiration."

"As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose."

"Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them."