Without big words, how could many people say small things?
The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!
Religion is the hospital of the souls that the world has wounded.
Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.