“Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb.”

“The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.”

“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.”

“A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.”

“Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature all amount to a peak of perfection; up to it they wax, beyond it they wane. Only in matters of art have a few gone to the point where they might not be improved. It is the mark of cultivated taste to enjoy everything at its best. But all may not do this, and not all who may, know how. Even the fruits of the spirit have their moment of ripeness, and it is well to recognize this, in order to value it properly and attend to it.”

“When it is easier to do wrong, it is harder to do right, but best to not do nothing at all.”