Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

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

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.

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?

There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins of the leaf which bears them, but are totally unable to take in the ensemble of the plant or shrub. When error has effected an entrance into such minds, it remains there impregnable, because no general view assists them in throwing off the chance impression of the moment.

We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui.