Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

As History stands, it is a sort of Chinese Play, without end and without lesson.

What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society were coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.

The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women.

If any one of us has had an ambition higher than that of making money; a motive better than that of expediency; a faith warmer than that of reasoning; a love purer than that of the self; he has been slow to express it; still slower to urge it.

A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.