Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.

Our actions are neither so good nor so evil as our impulses.

Constancy is the chimera of love.

Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".

Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.

The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.