You will pardon some obscurities, for there are more secrets in my trade than in most men's, and yet not voluntarily kept, but inseparable from its very nature. I would gladly tell all that I know about it, and never paint "No Admittance" on my gate.

He who cannot exaggerate is not qualified to utter truth.

Do not engage to find things as you think they are.

Faith never makes a confession.

Work your vein till it is exhausted, or conducts you to a broader one.

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth