In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.