“ Beauty is the promise of happiness. ”

“ But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. ”

“ The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. ”

“ Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. ”

“ Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. ”

“ Laws, like houses, lean on one another. ”

“ When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. ”

“ There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. ”

“ The traveller has reached the end of the journey! ”

“ Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. ”