Power Without A Nation's Confidence Is Nothing.

To Tempt, And To Be Tempted, Are Things Very Nearly Allied, And, In Spite Of The Finest Maxims Of Morality Impressed Upon The Mind, Whenever Feeling Has Anything To Do In The Matter, No Sooner Is It Excited Than We Have Already Gone Vastly Farther Than We Are Aware Of, And I Have Yet To Learn How It Is Possible To Prevent Its Being Excited.

The More A Man Knows, The More He Forgives.

[on Peter Iii:] He Did Not Have A Bad Heart; But A Weak Man Usually Has Not.

I Do Not Love Strife, Because I Have Always Found That In The End Each Remains Of The Same Opinion.

Self-interest Usually Brings Injustice With It.