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

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.

I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.