The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under
bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it.
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
You appear to me to have no arts and not to work in metals. But your hearts are pure and your hands are innocent, and the truth will easily enter into your souls.
It was high time for a generous benefactor to come to the relief of our necessities.