Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.
Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.