I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.

The press, watchful with more than the hundred eyes of Argus, strong with more than the hundred arms of Briareus, not only guards all the conquests of civilization, but leads the way to future triumphs.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.