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

Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!

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.

The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not order rain or shine -Nor can I.Then where's the difference - let me see -Betwixt my lord the king and me?

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!

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.