I wonder whether I should gain anything by the attempt to assume a character which is not mine. My wavering manner, born of doubt and scruple, has at least the advantage of rendering all the different shades of my thought, and of being sincere. If it were to become terse, affirmative, resolute, would it not be a mere imitation?

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

We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.