The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore

We adore, we invoke, we seek to appease, only that which we fear.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.