A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers--all ready to disown it.

We are rich only through what we give.

There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.

Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.