There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.

Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?

We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

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 root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.

What I value most next to eternity is time.