A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.

Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.

Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried, of the summer that is gone.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.