Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion.
Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
Faith is a certitude without proofs ... a sentiment for it is a hope it is an instinct for it precedes all outward instruction.
Order is power.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.
To repel one's cross is to make it heavier.
Cleverness is serviceable for everything sufficient for nothing.
Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.
We must have the courage to be happy.
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.
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