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

God has prohibited despair.

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

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.

Truth only is prolific. Error, sterile in itself, produces only by means of the portion of truth which it contains. It may have offspring, but the life which it gives, like that of the hybrid races, cannot be transmitted.

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.