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41 " For to-day I take or give; For to-day I drink and live; For to-day I beg or borrow; Who knows about the silent morrow? "
― Lew Wallace , Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
42 " The most perfect life develops as a circle, and terminates in its beginning, making it impossible to say, This is the commencement, that the end. "
43 " From the depths of the well I had discovered a light above, and yearned to go up and see what all it shone upon. At last--ah, with what years of toil!--I stood in the perfect day, and beheld the principle of life, the element of religion, the link between the soul and God--Love! "
44 " Father of all--God!--what we have here is of thee; take our thanks and bless us, that we may continue to do thy will. "
45 " As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly. "