Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

In a major matter no details are small.

Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.

There are no small steps in great affairs.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.

One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault, before looking for a remedy-which means he often finds the remedy too late.