We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.