A native of America who cannot read or write is . . . as rare as a comet or an earthquake.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.

The National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.

A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.

Pray how does your asparagus perform?

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.

When I was young, and addicted to reading, I had heard about dancing on the points of metaphysical needles; but, by mixing in the world, I found the points of political needles finer and sharper than the metaphysical ones.