“When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.”

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!

A fool must now and then be right, by chance

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

God made the country, and man made the town.

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.

We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.

Remorse begets reform.

Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.

[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.

The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.

Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

We can’t do it alone. And that has to begin by his acknowledgment of the facts.

True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.

A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.

Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen … infectious.

New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.

Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.

Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer