There is no distress so complete but that even in the most critical moments the inexplicable sunrise of hope is seen in its depths.

Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.

All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky.

Dreaming is happiness. Waiting is life.

Revolution is the larva of civilization.

We should judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.