Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.

A noble life crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empire of the earth.

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

Tortured for the Republic.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.

In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.