The condition of leadership adds new degrees of solitariness to the basic solitude of mankind. Every order that we issue increases the extent to which we are alone, and every show of deference which is extended to us separates us from our fellows.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Heaven's my destination.

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps