The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.

Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.

God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.

Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.