The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Here's to the man who rode the race, who took the time, who kept the time, and who did the trick.

A man's fate is his own temper.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.