Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Heaven, on occasion, half opens its arms to us; and that is the great moment.

These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.

God made the water but men made the wine.

Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.

My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!