The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.
When did one man ever civilize a people?
In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.
History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.