Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.

Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.

To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.