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

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

The expected always happens

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.