Science is the language of the temporal world; love is that of the spiritual world. Man, indeed, describes more than he explains; while the angelic spirit sees and understands. Science saddens man; love enraptures the angel; science is still seeking; love has found.

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women.