Historians are gossips who tease the dead
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
Fear follows crime and is its punishment.
What can I hope when all is right?