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

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

A grain of sand leads to the fall of a mountain when the moment has come for the mountain to fall.

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

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.

To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.

Communism is in conflict with human nature.