| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Mirabeau |
| | | Few persons comprehend the power of ugliness. | 1 |
| He will succeed; for he believes all he says. | 2 |
| In times of anarchy one may seem a despot in order to be a saviour. | 3 |
| It is intolerance to speak of toleration. Away with the word from the dictionary! | 4 |
| Never let me hear that foolish word again. | 5 |
| Not kings alone—the people, too, have their flatterers. | 6 |
| Nothing is impossible to the man that can will. Is that necessary? That shall be. This is the only law of success. | 7 |
| Religion is no more national than conscience. | 8 |
| Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it. | 9 |
| The most chaste woman may be the most voluptuous, if she truly loves. | 10 |
| There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and envenomed arrows to our hearts when we have. | 11 | | |
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