Sometimes they reasoned thus: "The Messiah ought to do such a thing, now Jesus is the Messiah, therefore Jesus has done such a thing." At other times, by an inverse process, it was said: "Such a thing has happened to Jesus; now Jesus is the Messiah; therefore such a thing was to happen to the Messiah."

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

All history is incomprehensible without Christ.

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

The ignorance of French society gives one a rough sense of the infinite.

The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God.