All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Regarding Christianity: Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.