After his blood, that which a man can next give out of himself is a tear.

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.

Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.

Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.

Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.