And, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.

In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clenched fist none.

The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop

Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.

An increase of tenderness always ended by boiling over and turning to indignation. He was at the point where we seek to adopt a course, and to accept what tears us apart.

Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.

It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word ‘she.