| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Jacobi |
| | | All governments are to some extent a treaty with the Devil. | 1 |
| He who is destitute of principles is governed, theoretically and practically, by whims. | 2 |
| In one thing men of all ages are alike; they have believed obstinately in themselves. | 3 |
| It is impossible to be a hero in anything unless one is first a hero in faith. | 4 |
| Justice is the freedom of those who are equal. Injustice is the freedom of those who are unequal. | 5 |
| Men will always act according to their passions. Therefore the best government is that which inspires the nobler passions and destroys the meaner. | 6 |
| No man can be a hero in anything who is not first of all a hero in faith. | 7 |
| Not when I rise above, only when I rise to, something, do I approve myself. | 8 |
| Nothing is more ruinous for a man than when he is mighty enough in any part to right himself without right. | 9 |
| We always live prospectively, never retrospectively, and there is no abiding moment. | 10 |
| We enjoy ourselves only in our work, our doing; and our best doing is our best enjoyment. | 11 |
| Where idolatry ends, Christianity begins; and where idolatry begins, Christianity ends. | 12 | | |
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