There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.

Let us not fail to scatter along our pathway the seeds of kindness and sympathy. Some of them will doubtless perish; but if one only lives, it will perfume our steps and rejoice our eyes.

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.

One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

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.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.