But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Evil prevails when good men fail to act.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.