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Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to proscribe, and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.

Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Beware the man of one book.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Beware the man of one book.

He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.

Beware the man of one book.

We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man to know what he ought to believe to know what he ought to desire and to know what he ought to do.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Friend, be not afraid of thy office, thou sendest me to God.

There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.

It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

They envy the distinction I have won let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Ambition drove many men to become false to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.