God Is Always The Last Resource.

I Have Been Taken By Satan Into The Highest Mountain In The Earth, And When There He Said He To Me, ‘child Of Earth, What Wouldst Thou Have To Make Thee Adore Me?’ I Replied, ‘listen, I Wish To Be Providence Myself, For I Feel That The Most Beautiful, Noblest, Most Sublime Thing In The World, Is To Recompense And Punish.

It Is Rare That One Can See In A Little Boy The Promise Of A Man, But One Can Almost Always See In A Little Girl The Threat Of A Woman.

Woman Is Sacred; The Woman One Loves Is Holy.

The Merit Of All Things Lies In Their Difficulty.

Athos Liked Every One To Exercise His Own Free-will. He Never Gave His Advice Before It Was Demanded And Even Then It Must Be Demanded Twice. "in General, People Only Ask For Advice," He Said "that They May Not Follow It Or If They Should Follow It That They May Have Somebody To Blame For Having Given It".