I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.

All government is founded on compromise and banter.

Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions.

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!