837  Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

911  In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

1039  Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

748  Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.

846  Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.