Le silence est la plus grande persecution; jamais les saints ne se sont tus. (919)

Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, …

That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to see…

Notre raison est toujours decue par l'inconstance des apparences. (83)

I am not a giant physically; I shrink from pain and filth and vermin and foul air, like any other man of refinement; also, I freely admit, when I see a line of…

Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth agains…

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust…