Justice is the right of the weakest.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.