There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.

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

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes