Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
In politics, nothing is contemptible.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.
We make our fortunes and we call them fate.