If a man has his throat cut in Paris, it's a murder. If 50,000 people are murdered in the east, it is a question.

To meditate is to labour; to think is to act. Folded arms work, closed hands perform, a gaze fixed on heaven is a toil.

Love is a fault; so be it.

To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.