We are all human, and all do wrong.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority, though it be confided to masses, cannot be trusted without positive limitations, men in bodies being but an aggregation of the passions, weaknesses and interests of men as individuals.

Near the centre of that State of New York lies an extensive district of country, whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.