Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.
As for piracy, I love to be pirated. It is the greatest compliment an author can have. The wholesale piracy of Democracy was the single real triumph of my life. Anyone may steal what he likes from me.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
Good men do the most harm.
In the history of the United States, there is no continuity at all. You can cut through it anywhere and nothing on this side of the cut has anything to do with anything on the other side.