Suffering... We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'

Truth possesses within herself a penetrating force, unknown alike to error and falsehood. I say 'truth' and you understand my meaning. For the beautiful words truth and justice need not to be defined in order to be understood in their true sense.

Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.