I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.