"The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment, is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species, it always acts right."

"The means of procuring happiness are always in our power."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"If I cannot reform with equity, I will not reform at all."

"The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."