To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

You can never plan the future by the past.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.