You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
The only substance properly so called is the soul.
Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
Order is a great person's need and their true well being.
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
“A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.”
The best path through life is the highway.
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism and doubt.
happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.
“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”