There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.

In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.

Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

Towns were the nursery of freedom.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.