Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

It is a fact often observed that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion who cannot write well under other circumstances.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

I choose my friends for their good looks my acquaintances for their good characters and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.

To the mind God is a perfect criminal. He has done such a perfect crime by creating this world that mind cannot trace how He did it. That is why the mind always freaks out about God.

You cannot do anything without God.It's a profound and elemental truth. Not you cannot do most things without God. You will not be able to do anything that you want truly in fulfillment without God.

O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham and believe whatever is revealed from God though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son and therefore believed notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.