To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.