France is great because she is France.

Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

A tempest ceases, a cyclone passes over, a wind dies down, a broken mast can be replaced, a leak can be stopped, a fire extinguished, but what will become of this enormous brute of bronze?

Wisdom and eloquence are not always united.