Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.
The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.