Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?
War is never a solution it is an aggravation.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Frank and explicit - this is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the mind of others.
Youth is the trustee of prosperity.
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of...
Damn your principles! Stick to your party!
Something will turn up.
Little things affect little minds.
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally create ourselves.
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.