In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

There are some situations which men understand by instinct, by which reason is powerless to explain; in such cases the greatest poet is he who gives utterance to the most natural and vehement outburst of sorrow. Those who hear the bitter cry are as much impressed as if they listened to an entire poem, and when th sufferer is sincere they are right in regarding his outburst as sublime.