In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Dāā He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of Dāā since 1806.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
Progress is not accomplished in one stage.
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism.
How frightened hypocrisy hastens to defend itself.