The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven.

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_).

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.

It is God who makes woman beautiful it is the devil who makes her pretty.

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job.