The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune!

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.

The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.