All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

The only reward of virtue is virtue.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.

Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.