Love me, love my dog.

From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.

True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.

Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.