Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

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.

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.

Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.