The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

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

She worked in order to live, and presently fell in love, also in order to live, for the heart, too, has its hunger.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.

Let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let them both imagine that they are fighting for the country; the strife will be colossal.