"I should hope so," Laigle replied, "for my coat and I live comfortably together. It has assumed all my wrinkles, does not hurt me anywhere, has moulded itself on my deformities, and is complacent to all my movements, and 1 only feel its presence because it keeps me warm."

There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.

Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.

When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar.

Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?

The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.