The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.
How frightened hypocrisy hastens to defend itself.
The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.
Despotism is a long crime.
A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.