To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.

By doing good we become good.

The French painter Rousseau was once asked why he put a naked woman on a red sofa in the middle of his jungle pictures. He answered, 'I needed a bit of red there.'

Finance is a slave's word.

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Innocence is ashamed of nothing.