Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid.

None are happy but by anticipation of change.

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

Love is only one of many passions.

The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.