The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.

No star seemed less than what science has taught us that it is.

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.

Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations on a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.

I can't see no great difference atween givin' up territory afore a war, out of a dread of war, and givin' it up after a war, because we can't help it-unless it be that the last is the most manful and honourable.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality.

There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.