Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Amusement to an observing mind is study.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.