Kings are for nations in their swaddling-clothes: France has attained her majority.
A bird sings, a child prattles, but it is the same hymn; hymn indistinct, inarticulate, but full of profound meaning.
To live a life which is a perpetual falsehood is to suffer unknown tortures.
Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.
Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.
Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.
There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate.
Earnestness is the salt of eloquence.
Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.
There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.
The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.
Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.
One only needs to see a smile in a white crape bonnet in order to enter the palace of dreams.
The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction.
And do you know Monsieur Marius? I believe I was a little in love with you.
My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!
When a person opens a book, he can never be in prison.
Out Milky Way is the dwelling; the nebulae are the city.
Who among us has not sought peace in a song?
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky.