Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.

Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.

There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it.

The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.

Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.