Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.

Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.

Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

Children are what the mothers are.

Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed; but neither genius nor glory, is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout.

Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.