Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels.

To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.

He who knows himself knows others.