The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.

Turtle makes all men equal.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.