As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

Jesus Chris was more than man.

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.

He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.