One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.

No animal admires another animal.

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?

Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.

The law required what it could not give. Grace gives that which it requires.

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

The philosophers talk to you about the dignity of man, and they tempt you to pride, or they talk to you about the misery of man, and they tempt you to despair.