“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
“The human race is governed by its imagination.”
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”
“He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.”
“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
“The art of government is not to let me grow stale.”
“The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.”
“A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.”
“It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr.”
“When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.”
“The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.”
“Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.”
“The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.”
“Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest”
“The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.”
“The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.”
“There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.”
“An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood.”
“The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.”
“Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.”
“A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.”
“Public instruction should be the first object of government.”
“There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.”
“In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.”
“Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.”
“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.”
“With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.”
“The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.”
“Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”
“Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.”