An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.
No mud can soil us but the mud we throw.
Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'y thin' thet' s done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.