My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.

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

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.