There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that lifts its head proudly above its neighbor plants-forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the dirt.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

A mother is the best friend God ever gave.