Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.

All government is founded on compromise and banter.

History is a pact between the dead, the living, and the yet unborn.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment.

In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.