Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.

Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.

If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.

The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.