Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.