The devotion of one man had given strength and courage to all.

Be happy without picking flaws.

The prosperity of right is that it is always beautiful and pure.

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.

Sin as little as possible-that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All earthly things are subject to sin. Sin is like gravity.

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.