Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be rightly shaped by wisdom, which is by no means a universal property.

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

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.

The best path through life is the highway.