“I repeat that 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 exist.”

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.