Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Little things console us because little things afflict us