War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom we have to say, Like People like Government.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Work alone is noble.

Blessed is he who has found his work let him ask no other blessedness.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.