"Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole."

"The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors two, facility to acquirers and three, hope to all."

"Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth."

"Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism."

"A courageous heart knows that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?"

"I love to hit people. I love to."

"A heart touched by genuine kindness never loses its warmth. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."