Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.
It is only those who never think at all, or else who have accustomed themselves to blood invariably on abstract ideas, that ever feel ennui.