Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.
The age does not believe in great men, because it does not possess any.
I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.
More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.
Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.