In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.

Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.

Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

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

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

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

Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.