Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.

Nature without learning is like a blind man; learning without Nature, like a maimed one; practice without both, incomplete. As in agriculture a good soil is first sought for, then a skilful husbandman, and then good seed; in the same way nature corresponds to the soil, the teacher to the husbandman, precepts and instruction to the seed.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.