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

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.

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.

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

The world is always satisfied, it turns out, with countenance it can understand. Indolence and cowardice do the rest. Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence.

When all humans have self-love, wouldn’t it be heaven on earth?

The people who build high, strong fences are the ones who survive the best. You deny that reality only at the risk of being driven into the wilderness yourself.

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

The linesman flagged initially because he thought I was an Oldham player. Fair enough, I did have a replica shirt on - but I also have a big furry head.

The least flexible component of any system is the user.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.

What do you want me to do, To watch for you, To see you through? A box of rain will ease the pain, and love, will see you through.

You never know what's going to be considered a hit, or what people are going to like.

Don't date a woman without cable (no cable, no SportsCenter).