Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.

We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.