The language of the street is always strong.

And in cases where profound conviction has been wrought, the eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief. It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.

The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.

You cannot institute, without peril of charlatanism.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

The senses collect the surface facts of matter... It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought.

Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.