"Ignorance never settles a question."

"Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life."

"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must end."

"The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools."

"With words we govern men."