For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.