True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: The pains of power are real its ple…

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

To know exactly how much mischief may be ventured upon with impunity is knowledge sufficient for a little great man.