The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.