We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

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

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

What we call the heart is a nervous sensation, like shyness, which gradually disappears in society. It is fervent in the nursery, strong in the domestic circle, tumultuous at school.

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.