The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

A person's fate is their own temper.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.