War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

We talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us?

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more.

Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing

Ignorance is the father of all fear.