In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A good sketch is better than a long speech.