"Dieu est d'ordinaire pour les gros escadrons contre les petits."

"Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime, Il faut aimer ce que l'on a."

"Für gewöhnlich ist Gott mit den großen Bataillonen gegen die kleinen."

"Les hommes font les lois. Les femmes font les mœurs."

"The standing armies, while a burden on the people, are inadequate for the achievement of great and decisive results i…"

"Le désir de s'enrichir est leur passion dominante, et à vrai dire leur seule passion."

"Science does not aim to cover exhaustively the whole of reality, but to construct systems and concepts which will per…"

"Although Champollion was an avowed revolutionary and an enthusiastic Bonapartist, one of his earliest discoveries dis…"

"For my part, I remained a close prisoner, without a visit from a single person, none of my most intimate friends dari…"

"Besides, I had found a secret pleasure, during my confinement, from the perusal of good books, to which I had given m…"