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.

Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

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

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.