The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

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.

Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!