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

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

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.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.