No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

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

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.

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

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

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