The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors.

If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.