Whilst in speaking of human things, we say that it is necessary to know them before we love can them. The saints on the contrary say in speaking of divine things that it is necessary to love them in order to know them, and that we only enter truth through charity.

What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.

The parts of the universe ... all are connected with each other in such a way that I think it to be impossible to understand any one without the whole.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

Justice and truth are two such subtle points, that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.