Great men are sometimes so even in small things.

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

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice.

We have neither the strength nor the opportunity to accomplish all the good and all the evil which we design.

We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.