The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.