Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.