A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of a free spirit put under restraint.
Yet, when one thinks of it, diplomacy without force is a but a rotten reed to lean upon.
Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines.
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires.
Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham.