Slander is the balm of malignity.

Where violence reigns, reason is weak.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.

Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.

If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.