Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

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.

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

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.