The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.

The bad thing is that thinking about thought doesn't help at all; one has to have it from nature so that the good ideas appear before us like free children of God calling to us: Here we are.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.