I do not know how to wish success to those whose Victory is to separate from us a large and noble part of our Empire. Still less do I wish success to injustice, oppression and absurdity.

Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers, are capable of being incendiaries.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Evil succeeds when good men do nothing

When any work seems to have required immense force and labor to effect it, the idea is grand.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their own individual success.