If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.
By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
What I value most next to eternity is time.
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
Miracles are God's coups d'etat.