The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance.... Firm in my faith, I shall have force to withstand my evil counsellors, my skepticism, which leads me to doubt of the people, my restless spirit which, after truth has been brought to light, impels to go on searching for it.

His glory Jesus Christ does not consist in beingplaced without the confines of history; a more real worship is paid to him, by showing that the whole of history is incomprehensible without him.

Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us.

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.