Who understands much, forgives much.

Happy the land where the writers are sad, the merchants satisfied, the rich melancholic, and the populace content.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible.

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.