True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.

Ah! There you are! he exclaimed, looking at Jean Valjean. I'm so glad to see you. Well, but how is this? I gave you the candlesticks too, which are of silver like the rest, and for which you can certainly get two hundred francs. Why did you not carry them away with your forks and spoons?

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.