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.

He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.

There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.

If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.