From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.