Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?"

We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.

My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.