A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures.

Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.

Disgrace is the synonym of discovery.

Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest

The fumes of wine fermented in my head; it was one of those moments of intoxication when all that ones sees and hears, speaks to one of the adored.... One would willingly embrace all who smile, and one feels that he is brother of all who live.

The life of a devotee is a crusade of which the heart is the Holy Land.

There are temptations more attractive than angels. Liberty, Patriotism, the good of humanity – words like that are the silver scales of the Tempter’s flaming wings