The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

After me, the Revolution - or, rather the ideas which formed it - will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.