Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.
John Lothrop Motley

The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
John Lothrop Motley

Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.
John Lothrop Motley

When did one man ever civilize a people?
John Lothrop Motley

Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome.
John Lothrop Motley

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.
John Lothrop Motley

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.
John Lothrop Motley