Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.

For young people always begin by loving exaggeration, that infirmity of noble minds.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.