In the bourgeoisie, honored situations decay through too easy relations; one must beware whom one admits;
In churchmen, luxury is wrong, except in connection with representations and ceremonies. It seems to reveal habits which have very little that is charitable about them. An opulent priest is a contradi...
By making himself a priest made himself a demon.
When one does wrong, one must do it thoroughly.
When all was said, his fate, however ugly it might prove to be, was in his own hands; he was its master.
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
What love commences can be finished by God alone.
We must be brief.
We live in the midst of a gloomy society. Success; that is the lesson which falls drop by drop from the slope of corruption.
To confide is sometime to deliver into a person's power
There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.
Then live your life, above all things. Make use of your I while you have it.
The unforeseen, that strange, haughty power which plays with man, had seized Gauvain and held him fast.
The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.
The just man frowns, but never sneers. We understand anger, not malice.
The future belongs to hearts even more than it does to minds. Love, that is the only thing that can occupy and fill eternity. In the infinite, the inexhaustible is requisite.Love participates of the s...
The book the reader has now before his eyes - from one end to the other, in its whole and in its details, whatever the omissions, the exceptions, or the faults - is the march from evil to good, from i...
The beautiful is just as useful as the useful.
The arms of mothers are made of tenderness; in them children sleep profoundly.
Tabahlah saat menghadapi penderitaan besar,Sabarlah saat menghadapi penderitaan kecil,Dan kalau anda sudah melaksanakan dengan giat tugas anda sehari-hari,