Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con

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

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius

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

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library

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

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

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