To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.
Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.
We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.