Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.

The taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people master of itself if it not subject to God?

I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.

The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature; indeed, they almost seem to think that he has a power of attorney to represent each constituent, and they trust him to be as eager in their private interests as in those of the country.

As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.