Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.

Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.

Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.