If we walk in the woods, we must feed mosquitoes.

Ennui shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

A man of thought must feel the thought that is parent of the universe: that the masses of nature do undulate and flow.

He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.

There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted.