Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
People read every thing nowadays, except books.
Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.