Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No! Because of God! For Bonaparte to conquer at Waterloo was not the law of the nineteenth century. It was time that this vast man should fall. He had been impeached before the Infinite! He had vexed God! Waterloo was not a battle. It was the change of front of the Universe!

Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.

A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.

The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.