Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.

Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

When believers and unbelievers live in the same manner - I distrust the religion.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

You may regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer, but if you cannot, mind your own business.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.