Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
Treason is a matter of dates.
The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it