Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

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

The habit of prayer communicates a penetrating sweetness to the glance, the voice, the smile, the tears,--to all one says, or does, or writes.

Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.

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!

Success causes us to be more praised than known.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.