Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history..

The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdi….

Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear thy word, In the sky's bro….

God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love..

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic..

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask..

Mystery hovers over all things here below..

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart..

Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad goodbye; it is the last sm….

We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any..

Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them..

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs..

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature..

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times..

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition..

My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator..

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them..

Unanimity is the mistress of strength..

Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life..

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itsel….

A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness..