it is easy to starve, but it is difficult to stoop.
The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.
Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.
Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.
A priest can achieve great victories with an army of women at his command.
There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.