He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.

The love of lucre, though sometimes carried to a ridiculous excess, a vicious excess, is the grand cause of prosperity to all States.

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.

A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.

What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue!

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.