The beautiful souls of the world have an art of saintly alchemy, by which bitterness is converted into kindness, the gall of human experience into gentleness, ingratitude into benefits, insults into pardon.

Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.