In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.