Those virtues which cost us dear prove that we love God; those which are easy to us prove that He loves us.

Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.

To protect ourselves against the storms of passion, marriage with a woman is a harbor in the tempest; but with a bad woman it is a tempest in the harbor.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.