Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.