Those who wish to forget painful thoughts do well to absent themselves for a while from, the ties and objects that recall them; but we can be said only to fulfill our destiny in the place that gave us birth.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

Well I've had a happy life.

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

Time,--the most independent of all things.

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.