Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism and doubt.
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
Analysis kills spontaneity.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.