It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.
Common sense is not so common.
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.
How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!
Perfect is the enemy of good.
We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.