Men are ruled by toys.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.