A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.