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

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

The law of common sense.

I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.

The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.

Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.