Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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.
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.