In 1815, M. Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Dāā He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of Dāā since 1806.
Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
Those who live are those who fight.
Wisdom is the health of the soul.
A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.
Taste is the common sense of genius.