The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.
Love is the symbol of eternity.
Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.