A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

An effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone.

Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep of death that finds rest for eternity the sickness, pain, desperation, and the fears that agitate, without end, we unhappy living souls.

Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills.

Patience is the courage of virtue.

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.