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Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.
Ask the young. They know everything.
Work like you don't need the money.
Our life is woven wind.
To teach is to learn twice.
Politeness smooths wrinkles.
Space is the stature of God.
Never cut what you can untie.
Fear loves the idea of danger.
Justice is the truth in action.
Virtue is the health of the soul.
Close your eyes and you will see.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Everything that is exact is short.
Tenderness is the rest of passion.
Ornaments were invented by modesty.
We disjoint the mind like the body.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
Slander is the solace of malignity.
Heaven is for those who think of it.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Justice is the right of the weakest.
The breath of the mind is attention.
Fate and necessity are unconquerable.
A temperate style is alone classical.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
The soul paints itself in our machines.
The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.
To see the world is to judge the judges.
Without duty, life is soft and boneless.
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
When you give, give with joy and smiling.
Children need models rather than critics.
Space is to place as eternity is to time.
It is always our inabilities that vex us.
When we love, it is the heart that judges.
Speech is but the incorporation of thought.
Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.
Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.
Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.
Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
