In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.

A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.

The poor are the blacks of Europe.