One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.

I love victory, but I love not triumph.

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

By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.

Youth should be a savings bank.