History is the invention of historians.
One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.
What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.