As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this his almost chosen people.

A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability.