Do not therefore allow yourself to be led astray by the specious good nature of such an institution as that of twin beds. It is the silliest, the mos… - Honoré de Balzac

A country is strong which consists of wealthy families, every member of whom is interested in defending a common treasure; it is weak when composed of scattered individuals, to whom it matters little whether they obey seven or one, a Russian or a Corsican, so long as each keeps his own plot of land, blind in their wretched egotism, to the fact that the day is coming when this too will be torn from them.

La Pratique parlait son langage positif à la Théorie dont la parole est toujours au Futur.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.