When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.

The orator is the mouth (os) of a nation.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.

That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

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

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.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.