Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a prognosticator either of good or evil. The latter are in the greatest number, so much more ingenious are we in tormenting ourselves than in discovering reasons for enjoyment in the things that surround us.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds