There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.