"Animals are happy," said the queen. "They run no risk of going to hell." "They are there already," replied Josiana.

To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.

England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

Need is a low door which, when we must by stern necessity pass through, forces the greatest to bend down the most.

Progress is the stride of God.

The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.