The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Why put yourself in charge of Heaven's cause?Does Heaven need our help to enforce its laws?
Long is the road from conception to completion.
It is a public scandal that gives offence and it is no sin to sin in secret.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility Young people hereabouts unbridled now Just want.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures but a compromise can usually be found.
It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.
Mais la grande marque d'amour, c'est d'être soumis aux volontés de celle qu'on aime.
A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expir...
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
It is not alone what we do but also what we do not do for which we are accountable.
It is a long road from conception to completion.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
Like many humorless and indignant people, he is hard on everybody but himself, and does not perceive it when he fails his own ideal.
I'm all amazed, befuddled, and beflustered!
Betrayed and wronged in everything,I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,And seek some spot unpeopled and apartWhere I’ll be free to have an honest heart.
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.