Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.

Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

Do we accustom ourselves to see all things in the light of faith? Do we correct all our judgments by it? Alas! The greater part of Christians think and act like mere heathens; if we judge (as we justly may) of their faith by their practice, we must conclude they have no faith at all.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.