Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.