Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

You cannot treat with all the world at once.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.