Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.
The greatest of all evils is a weak government.
He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.
Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation.
When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.
The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.
All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.
The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.
If you want to be a leader of people, you must learn to watch events.
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
Every man should marry – and no woman.
Man is more powerful than matter.
Christianity is completed Judaism or it is nothing.
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.
A book may be as great a thing as a battle.