To Know Nothing Is The Happiest Life.

Besides, It Happens (how, I Cannot Tell) That An Idea Launched Like A Javelin In Proverbial Form Strikes With Sharper Point On The Hearer's Mind And Leaves Implanted Barbs For Meditation.

The Chief Element Of Happiness Is This: To Want To Be What You Are.

Sacred Scripture Is Of Course The Basic Authority For Everything; Yet I Sometimes Run Across Ancient Sayings Or Pagan Writings - Even The Poets - So Purely And Reverently And Admirably Expressed That I Can't Help Believing The Author's Hearts Were Moved By Some Divine Power. And Perhaps The Spirit Of Christ Is More Widespread Than We Understand, And The Company Of The Saints Includes Many Not On Our Calendar.

The Jewish Usurers Are Fast-rooted Even In The Smallest Villages, And If They Lend Five Gulden They Require A Security Of Six Times As Much. They Charge Interest, Upon Interest, And Upon This Again Interest, So That The Poor Man Loses Everything That He Owns.

Human Affairs Are So Obscure And Various That Nothing Can Be Clearly Known.