Sorrow is not evil, since it stimulates and purifies.

The great men of the earth are but the marking-stones on the road of humanity; they are the priests of its religion.

The family is the country of the heart.

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.

The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.

To be mistaken is a misfortune to be pitied; but to know the truth and not to conform one's actions to it is a crime which Heaven and Earth condemn.

Pardon is the virtue of victory.