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

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

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.

No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.