Every sin provokes its punishment.

Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.

The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.