There shall be no Alps.

What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

History is written by the winners.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

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

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.