"Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather."
"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope."
"Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth."
"For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God."
"Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy."
"Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance."