What is the price-current of an honest man and patriot to-day? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret. At most, they give only a cheap vote, and a feeble countenance and Godspeed, to the right, as it goes by them.

He may travel who can subsist on the wild fruits and game of the most cultivated country.

How many things are now at loose ends! Who knows which way the wind will blow tomorrow?

There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day and more rays will not interfere with the first.

Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.

I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.

If you indulge in long periods, you must be sure to have a snapper at the end.