The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
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.