Man is only great when he acts from passion..

What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations..

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life..

All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!.

Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself..

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . ..

Travel teaches toleration..

Her Majesty is not a subject..

As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not..

Life is too short to be little..

Man is more powerful than matter..

Information upon points of practical politics..

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own h….

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit o….

The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and custom….

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm..

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves..

A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in ….

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen..

You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have ….

I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon..