A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.