If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.

The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

Inspiration is the opportunity of genius.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.