Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Enthusiasm is the breath of genius.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.