Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny