There is a joy in danger.
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.