Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.

Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace.

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.