They Have Done What They

I Have Never Accepted What Many People Have Kindly Said - Namely That I Inspired The Nation. Their Will Was Resolute And Remorseless, And As It Proved, Unconquerable. It Fell To Me To Express It.

For My Part, I Consider That It Will Be Found Much Better By All Parties To Leave The Past To History, Especially As I Propose To Write That History Myself.

Good And Great Are Seldom In The Same Man.

If You Cannot Read All Your Books...fondle Them---peer Into Them, Let Them Fall Open Where They Will, Read From The First Sentence That Arrests The Eye, Set Them Back On The Shelves With Your Own Hands, Arrange Them On Your Own Plan So That You At Least Know Where They Are. Let Them Be Your Friends; Let Them, At Any Rate, Be Your Acquaintances.

I Like Things To Happen, And If They Don't Happen I Like To Make Them Happen.