Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.

It is for truth that God created genius.

Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization.

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.