The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.

Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.

The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.