Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.