"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. The pains of power are real; its pleasures imaginary."

"To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible."

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

"Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse."

"Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison."

"If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?"

"We can forgive you for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours."

"Gluttony is not a secret vice."

"Where there is love there is life."

"Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing -- and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."