We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.

Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.

Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.