On the light of Liberty you saw arise the light of Peace, like "another morn," "Risen on mid-noon;" and the sky on which you closed your eye was cloudless.

Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.

There is always room at the top.

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.