An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.