In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

True humility is contentment.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

The best path through life is the highway.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.