Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.

The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

Live dangerously and you live right.

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

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.