God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself

Man loves company even if only that of a small burning candle