The Most Insupportable Of Tyrannies Is That

Everything Is More Or Less Organized Matter. To Think So Is Against Religion, But I Think So Just The Same.

When I Was Happy I Thought I Knew Men, But It Was Fated That I Should Know Them In Misfortune Only.

Many A One Commits A Reprehensible Action, Who Is At Bottom An Honourable Man, Because Man Seldom Acts Upon Natural Impulse, But From Some Secret Passion Of The Moment Which Lies Hidden And Concealed Within The Narrowest Folds Of His Heart.

It Is The Success Which Makes Great Men.

Sometimes A Great Example Is Necessary To All The Public Functionaries Of The State.