Leaders have to be dealers in hope.
Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.