"The state of monarchy is the best of all states, provided that it is a moderate one."

"The women are much more powerful in those countries where they are allowed to appear in public."

"The love of democracy is that of equality."

"The greatest empires are not maintained by the same means by which they are established. A new force may be acquired by conquest, but this new force will diminish the old."

"We should not be surprised to see the great men of history so often overcome by fortune. It is because they were not great enough to despise it."