The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

For my part I think it is a less evil that some criminals should escape, than that the government should play an ignoble part.

Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out.

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it.

To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas