For good or evil, a line has been passed in our political history; and something that we have known all our lives is dead. I will take only one example of it: our politicians can no longer be caricatured.

Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane.

Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.

Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.