There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

Trade is the best cure for prejudice.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.