"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value"
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"
"We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities"
"War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes"
"Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts"
"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion"
