Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.

Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad goodbye; it is the last smile From lips that death is going to close forever!