Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature.

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets.

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.

Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue; it yields nothing but discontent, disorder, disobedience; and such is the state of America, that after wading through up to your eyes in blood, you could only end up where you begun; that is, to tax where no revenue is to be found... all is confusion beyond it.

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.