No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful.

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.

We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said.

Real good-breeding is independent of the forms and refinements of what has assumed to itself the name of society.

All things are possible with God, but all things are not easy.

The principle part of faith is patience.

I am an optimistic fatalist. This world and all its beginnings will pass on into something better.