Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.
If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.
The best is the enemy of the good.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
Man can have only a certain number of teeth, hair and ideas; there comes a time when he necessarily loses his teeth, hair and ideas.