Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.

It seems to me that the bane of our country is a profession of faith either with no basis of real belief, or with no proper examination of the grounds on which the creed is supposed to rest.

Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.

Tyrants are but the spawn of Ignorance, Begotten by the slaves they trample on.

A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.