The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues

Everything was believed except the truth.

We must have done something very wicked before we were born, or else we must be going to be very happy indeed when we are dead, for God to let this life have all the tortures of expiation and all the sorrows of an ordeal.

Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair.

The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst.

One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.