No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood.

Youth is the trustee of prosperity.

A person's fate is their own temper.

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.