Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.
There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.
Power, in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself.
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take precautions against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition: I dread our being too much dreaded.