Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Finality is not the language of politics.
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.