Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience. We paint those qualities which we do not posses.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framedon the ratio of owners and of owning.

Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.

Women see through Claude Lorraines.