Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.

You will think me very pedantic, gentlemen, but holiday though it may be, I have not the smallest interest in any holiday, except as it celebrates real and not pretended joys.

A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.

Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

God is our name for the last generalization to which we can arrive.

The State is a poor, good beast who means the best: it means friendly.