The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.

I am the blank page between the Old and the New Testament.

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

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.