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

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

What I value most next to eternity is time.

When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?

There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.

Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.