Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.

God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.

Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.