The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

“In fact, he who has only beheld the misery of man has seen nothing; the misery …”

“When I speak to you about myself, I’m speaking to you about yourself. How is it…”

“Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life.”

“If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon a…”