God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

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

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

God is a shower to the heart burned up with grief; God is a sun to the face deluged with tears.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common.