The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, That is all there was! But twist them all together and you have something tremendous.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.

If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.