Miracles are God's coups d'etat.

Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.

Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.

There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.

Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. The law of contrasts is one of the laws of beauty. Under the conditions of our climate, shadow gives light its worth; sternness enhances mildness; solemnity, splendor. Varying proportions of size support and subserve one another.

Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.

To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.