He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of Kings names thee Lord, Exodus names thee Providence, Leviticus Sanctity, Esdras Justice, creation names thee God, man names thee Father; but Solomon names thee Compassion, which is the most beautiful of all thy names.

Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.

The supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.

Word which the finger of God has written on the brow of every man — hope!

One cannot resist an idea whose time has come.