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

What art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern; the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.

A precedent embalms a principle.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.

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