Woe be to him who tries to isolate one department of knowledge from the rest. All science is one: language, literature and history, physics, mathematics and philosophy; subjects which seem the most remote from one another are in reality connected, or rather they all form a single system.

You are one of the forces of nature.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

Every epoch dreams its successor.

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.

Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.