Will mankind never learn that policy is not morality,--that it never secures any moral right, but considers merely what is expedient? chooses the available candidate,--who is invariably the devil,--and what right have his constituents to be surprised, because the devil does not behave like an angel of light? What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity,--who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority.

I do not know what right I have to so much happiness, but rather hold it in reserve till the time of my desert.

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.

We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the filed, but not to describe human character.

An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not. The inefficient offer their inefficiency to the highest bidder, and are forever expecting to be put into office. One would suppose that they were rarely disappointed.

Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.

Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.