Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.