The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.

Integrity is praised and then left out in the cold.

As for the differences of opinion upon speculative questions, if we wait till they are reconciled, the action of human affairs must be suspended forever. But neither are we to look for perfection in any one man, nor for agreement among many.

The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.