Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect. - Victor Hugo

Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.

To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.