There are men who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race.

An empire is an immense egotism.

The poor are only they who feel poor.

For splendor, there must somewhere be rigid economy. That the head of the house may go brave, the members must be plainly clad, and the town must save that the State may spend.

Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is.

The world-spirit is a good swimmer, and storms and waves can not drown him. He snaps his fingers at laws; and so, throughout history, heaven seems to affect low and poor means. Through the years and the centuries, through evil agents, through toys and atoms, a great and beneficent tendency irresistibly streams.

No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.