Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.