A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.
Life is too short to be little.
I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.
Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me.
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.
Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.