Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?

A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

God is on the side of the heaviest cannon.