A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

Every form correctly seen is beautiful

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does.

To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.

Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.