I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their horses, mettle and bottom.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear!

All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there is only one man.

Sanity is very rare; every man almost and every woman has a dash of madness.

The only compensation which war offers for its manifold mischiefs, is in the great personal qualities to which it gives scope and occasion.