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

Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.

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

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

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

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.