"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself."

"In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will."

"Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates."

"Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will."

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

"The stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether."