No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies.

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.