“The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.”

He who flees at the right time can fight again.

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

The grace of capitalism is to make wants feel like hopes, so that material objects and stuff can feel like the possibility of something heroic and civic.

It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.

All the ups and downs are grace in different wrappings, sent to refine consciousness. Say thanks to them all.

Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom