For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.

Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No! Because of God! For Bonaparte to conquer at Waterloo was not the law of the nineteenth century. It was time that this vast man should fall. He had been impeached before the Infinite! He had vexed God! Waterloo was not a battle. It was the change of front of the Universe!

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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

Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.

Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.

The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.