Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory? The sublime attaches to the door and to the first stair you ascent, that this is the road to the stars.

The right eloquence needs no bell to call the people together, and no constable to keep them.

All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will be in the current of events, and strong with their strength.

Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the bias of each individual. And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

The men who come on the stage at one period are all found to be related to each other. Certain ideas are in the air.