Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.
The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.
The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.