Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.

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.

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

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God.

I love animals, especially with barbeque sauce.

A good tree never seizes to bear good fruits.

Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.

She tortured everybody around her, but only because she was more tortured than anyone.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

I didn't feel so great when I was a teenager, but who does?

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.