Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men.

History is the revelation of Providence.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

Bravery is often too sharp a spur.

It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.

I am a straightforward man.

Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.