We have our arts, the ancients had theirs... We cannot raise obelisks a hundred feet high in a single piece, but our meridians are more exact.
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.
Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.
Fame is a heavy burden.
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.