If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

So long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Miserables cannot fail to be of use.

There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God.

For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.