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

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.

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.

Mais, dans la mort d’un homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles étaient les images qui sombraient en lui.

The favour of God, forfeits the failure of men.

Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is.

My first occupation was to map the country.

To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.

This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer-meeting. If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.

Then I picked my book back up again and stroked her hair and read to the soundtrack of her breaths.

I really rebel against authority.

Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.

I am eating more. I think you do eat more when you're working out. And you want to eat healthily, so it's good all round.