"[T]he small is great, the great is..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.”

“Marius and Cosette did not ask where this would lead them. They looked at themselves as arrived. It is a strange pretension for men to ask that love should lead them somewhere.”

“It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.”

“Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.”

“Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.”

“To read too many books is harmful.”

“The wings of Time are black and white,Pied with morning and with night.”

“Make a spurious division of one process into two, forget that you have done it, and then puzzle for centuries as to how the two get together.”

“Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.”