The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
A canter is the cure for all evil.
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Adventures are to the adventurous.
War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.
We moralize among ruins.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Amusement to an observing mind is study.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
The essence of education is the education of the body.
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.