Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.