[I]t is not revenge we want for poor people, but happiness; indeed, what revenge can be taken for all the thousands of years of the sufferings of the poor?

He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.

They know indeed that they are mortal, but they do not feel it.

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

You may indeed do many works of love and delight in them -- especially at such times as they are not inconvenient to your state or temper or occurrences in life. But the Spirit of Love is not in you till it is the spirit of your life, till you live freely, willingly, and universally according to it.

By God! I will not tell you more to-day,Judge any way you will -- what matters it?