He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.

If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all.

Indeed, I have, alas! outlived almost every one of my contemporaries. One pays dear for living long.

Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.

The secret heart is fair devotion's temple; there the saint, even on that living altar, lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen, not unaccepted.

It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.

It is doing some service to humanity, to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed, either in duties or meditation, without relaxation.