A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.

If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.

When our hatred is too alive puts us below what we hate.

Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.