Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

Promptly improve your accidents.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.