All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.

For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.