Every mind is different; and the more it is unfolded, the more pronounced is that difference.

An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas.

When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

Books take their place according to their specific gravity as surely as potatoes in a tub.

Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?

The instinct of the people is right.