When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

A good sketch is better than a long speech.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

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!

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.