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There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.
We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.
Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.
Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui.
Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.
In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.
It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.
My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.
I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.
Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.
There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.
There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.
Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.
The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.
Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.
We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.
The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.
Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.
Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.
Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.
The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.
Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.
The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.