Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.

Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it.

The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.