“The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.”

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

Children need models rather than critics.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

Space is the stature of God.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

The ordinary blue pickling cabbage. Set against the blazing blue of the other flowers, it had a bloom and elegance which made it a thing of the greatest delight.

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.

Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.

There’s a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.