To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

Can't say I've ever been too fond of beginnings, myself. Messy little things. Give me a good ending anytime. You know where you are with an ending.

Life without the Internet is unimaginable.

Heightism is the last unchecked prejudice.

I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them

Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things.

Popular culture is filled with girls.

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.