The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

Wrap thyself in the decent veil that the arts or the graces weave for thee, O human nature! It is only the statue of marble whose nakedness the eye can behold without shame and offence!

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

The veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of mercy.

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never.

Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.