The easy, gentle, and sloping path...is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

Mon metier et mon art, c'est vivre.

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?

C'est une epineuse entreprise, et plus qu'il ne semble, de suivre une allure si vagabonde que celle de notre esprit; de penetrer les profondeurs opaques de ses…

There is no road or ready way to virtue.

Growth: 'In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. We must dispel fear and …

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.