History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs
In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.