Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.
Men, in general, are but great children.
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.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.