Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

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.

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 best things in life are silly.

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

When the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be their yet.

Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.

I feel like a big trend is just to model your success off someone else and I don't think that ever works in the long run.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

I wanted to do things to Richard that would make the sun grow cold with horror.

I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.