There would be too great darkness, if truth had not visible signs.

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

Let it not be imagined that the life of a good Christian must be a life of melancholy and gloominess; for he only resigns some pleasures to enjoy others infinitely better.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?