Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language.

Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.

For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.

The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen.