The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.
Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.