All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.
I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.
Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.
The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.