Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing disbursed more widely.