One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all that there is of good and bad here below. Such is the general rule. Temperament, education, the accidents of life, are modifying factors. Outside of this, everything is ordered arrangement, everything is chance. Such has been my rule of expectation and it has usually brought me success.