What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!

Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.