It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

Common sense is the genius of mankind.

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty

Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.

If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago.

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.