Bravery is often too sharp a spur.

Argument is not always truth.

Fear must rule in a despotism.

Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America.

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.

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

The unspoken word never does harm.