Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.