Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

Every situation-nay, every moment-is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.