"It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing."

"There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves."

"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."

"Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!"

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."

"Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better even of their blunders."

"When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?"

"Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action."

"The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas [and] the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market."

"Look for strengths in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for."