Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious.

True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.

There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.