Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie.
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.
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.
One of the magnanimities of woman is to yield.