Dying is nothing. What's terrible is not to live.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.

Right is right only when entire.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.