Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

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

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

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

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.