Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!

An injustice to one is a threat made to all

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.