How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

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

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

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.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.