We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.