Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.

I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.