Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.

A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.

A strange thing has happened, do you know? I am in darkness. There is a person who, departing, took away the sun.