Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Being normal?1 I have never had this experience.

Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.

He who know most grieves most for wasted time.

To give us room to explore the varieties of mind and body into which our genome can evolve, one planet is not enough.

It is God who is the ultimate reason things, and the Knowledge of God is no less the beginning of science than his essence and will are the beginning of things.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience.