There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal.

Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

Ready are we all to cry out and ascribe motives when our toes are pinched.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.