Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

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

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.