To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.
Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.
The true artist can only labor con amore.
That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.
Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?
Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to the bully; he who is very pious is slightly sanctimonious; there are just as many vices to virtue as there are holes in the mantle of Diogenes.