Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt.

History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.

It is no harm to be an ass, if one is content to bray and not kick.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

Experience, the only logic sure to convince a diseased imagination and restore it to rugged health.