We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable.
Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.
Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
That fatal drollery called a representative government.