It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.
Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.
Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.