The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character of the age.

No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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