“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”

“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.”

“Man is only great when he acts from passion.”

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”

“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”

“It has been my lot to have found myself in many distant lands. I have never been in one without finding a Scotchman, and I never found a Scotchman who was not head of the poll.”