Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.