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

Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Ignorance never settles a question.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.