A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others
Power, in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.