Reform, that we may preserve.

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.

The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which is sometimes found in women.

War is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. This may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the Potter.

The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.

Language is the machine of the poet.