A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.
The traveller has reached the end of the journey!
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.