Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man. There is one of whom we took no note, but on a certain occasion it appears that he has a secret virtue never suspected - that he can paint what has occurred and what must occur, with such clearness to a company, as if they saw it done before their eyes. By leading their thought he leads their will, and can make them do gladly what an hour ago they would not believe that they could be led to do at all.

The shot heard round the world.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

They have seen but half the universe who never have been shown the house of pain.

The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time