If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
You preserve your shame but you kill your glory.
History has its truth; and so has legend hers.
I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.