A Democratic Despotism Is Like A Theocracy:

A Political Country Is Like An American Forest; You Have Only To Cut Down The Old Trees, And Immediately New Trees Come Up To Replace Them.

The Most Melancholy Of Human Reflections, Perhaps, Is That, On The Whole, It Is A Question Whether The Benevolence Of Mankind Does Most Good Or Harm.

Credit Means That A Certain Confidence Is Given, And A Certain Trust Reposed. Is That Trust Justified? And Is That Confidence Wise? These Are The Cardinal Questions. To Put It More Simply Credit Is A Set Of Promises To Pay; Will Those Promises Be Kept?

Conquest Is The Missionary Of Valor, And The Hard Impact Of Military Virtues Beats Meanness Out Of The World.

A Great Pleasure In Life Is Doing What People Say You Cannot Do.