The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .

The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to utter only half or two-thirds of his mind . writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly, but then we "modify" before we print.

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene

There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing

The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.

But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.