It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has seen her long ago, that all love like all kn…

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but He does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.