Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.

There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.

Virtue is the health of the soul.

The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.

There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard.

The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.