What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

An injustice to one is a threat made to all

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.

The English are busy; they don't have time to be polite.