The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

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.

Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.