Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.
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.