One of the benefits of a bad education is the constant pleasure of discovery.

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.

Depression manifests itself in a lack of will.

[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his country.

Public opinion should not be confused with popular sentiment. Popular sentiment is what people say to one another around their dinner tables. Popular opinion is what they say to callers from polling organizations.

Some lawns have all the cheer of old cemeteries.

Aaron Burr was like a new refrigerator. He was bright, cold and empty.