That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!
No labor is hopeless.