The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.

The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.

Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it.

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.

It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.