A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.

Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.

Our dependence outweighs our independence, for we are independent only in our desire, while we are dependent on our health, on nature, on society, on everything in us and outside us.

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

Society rests upon conscience, not upon science.