The worth of a state， in the long run， is the worth of the individuals composing it.
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
"Every character is a world, and every world is a question."
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.