One never knows how much a family may grow; and when a hive is too full, and it is necessary to form a new swarm, each one thinks of carrying away his own honey.

Unrequited love is as different from the mutual love as the error from the truth.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

As far as I am concerned I would rather spend the rest of my life in prison than marry again.

The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

To eat together is one of the greatest promoters of intimacy. It is the satisfaction in common of a material necessity of existence, and if you seek a loftier meaning in it, it is a communion.