Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.