Weakness has many stages. There is a difference between feebleness by the impotency of the will, of the will to the resolution, of the resolution to the choice of means, of the choice of the means to the application.

It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.

What is necessary is never a risk.

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.

She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.