"When I want to read a good book, I write one."

"The greatest danger to the state is not a foreign foe, but a divided people."

"The world is weary of the statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."

"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."

"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter."