Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.

It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.