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

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot