He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

Rash, inexperienced youth holds itself a chosen instrument, and allows itself unbounded license.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.