Eloquence is relative. One can no more pronounce on the eloquence of any composition than the wholesomeness of a medicine, without knowing for whom it is intended.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.