Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.