The way we do things is to begin.

If, on a full and final review, my life and practice shall be found unworthy of my principles, let due infamy be heaped on my memory; but let none be led thereby to distrust the principles to which I proved recreant, nor yet the ability of some to adorn them by a suitable life and conversation. To unerring time be all this committed.

Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.

Men who have great riches and little culture rush into business, because they are weary of themselves.

Journalism kills you, but it keeps you alive as long as you're doing it.

Where Labor stands idle ... there is a demonstrated deficiency, not of Capital, but of brains.