Let the path be open to talent.
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.
The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.