Certain names always awake certain prejudices.

The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Let us pray! God is just, he tries us; God is pitiful, he will comfort us; let us pray!