A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman.

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.