Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.

A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.