Though I sit down now, the time will come whenyou will hear me.

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.

The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication and not news.