Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.

When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.

Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.

My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.

What I value most next to eternity is time.

By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.