The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.
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.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.