An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

The atrocious crime of being a young man . . . I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny.

I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber: "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing."

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.

Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.