The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and when the soul has laid down that of its faults at the feet of God, it feels as though it had wings.

The effect of every burden laid down is to leave us relieved; and when the soul has laid down that of its faults at the feet of God, it feels as though it had wings.

My God, how badly one calculates in this world! ... Let us leave off calculating on anything but death -- it is the only certainty.

Solitude causes us to write because it causes us to think.

A little time separates us from those who depart - a time of tears, a time of sadness and solitude; but, that over, we go to rejoin them and to enjoy with them the society of the blessed. Oh, how sweetly the heart rests in this immortal hope!

Witticisms are fire-arms, that make a noise and give pain.

Fear is the beginning of wisdom.