The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.
The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.
Luck is what a capricious man believes in.
Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.