Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.

The sweet simplicity of the three percents.

He who gains time gains everything.