A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

Change is constant in a progressive country.

Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these inconveniences or do without many important advantages.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.