Change, change,--we all covet change.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

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.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control.

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.