Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

The only shame is to have none.

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.

No one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king ... unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a road not taken, a talent undeveloped, a self not recognized.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.